Kidnapper held in Panaji

A 16-year old girl from Gujarat who was kidnapped and taken away under the pretext of getting married, has been traced by the Thane police in Goa.

At a press conference on Wednesday, the DCP crime Deepak Deoraj told mediapersons that the girl from Maliwad of Tapi taluka was kindappped by the accused on Sunday last. The local police carried out a search for the girl and the kidnapper but in vain.

Acting on a tip off, police went to Panaji along with the other staff and finally traced out the duo in Panaji. The alleged accused kindapper Hufeja Farooq Gadiwalla, has been taken into custody and the girl rescued and further action was being initiated, police said.

The teenager was kidnapped by the accused promising to marry her and took her to Panaji and they remained there for a couple of days.